US8707817B2 - State-changing element operating device, range changing device for automatic transmission, and parking apparatus - Google Patents

State-changing element operating device, range changing device for automatic transmission, and parking apparatus Download PDF

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US8707817B2
US8707817B2 US12/676,303 US67630308A US8707817B2 US 8707817 B2 US8707817 B2 US 8707817B2 US 67630308 A US67630308 A US 67630308A US 8707817 B2 US8707817 B2 US 8707817B2
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  • the present invention relates to an operating device for operating a state-changing element whose state changes by being mechanically displaced.
  • examples of a state-changing element include a range changing device for an automatic transmission mounted in a vehicle such as an automobile, and a parking apparatus disposed in a transmission for a vehicle.
  • a range changing device, a parking apparatus, and the like are targets for use of the operating device according to the present invention.
  • automatic transmissions for vehicles are configured such that a shift range selected from among a parking range (P), a reverse range (R), a neutral range (N), a drive range (D), and the like is established due to a driver operating, for example, a shift lever disposed in the vicinity of the driver seat of a vehicle.
  • a shift range selected from among a parking range (P), a reverse range (R), a neutral range (N), a drive range (D), and the like is established due to a driver operating, for example, a shift lever disposed in the vicinity of the driver seat of a vehicle.
  • range changing devices of recent years have been called by-wire systems, and when the driver operates the shift lever, a sensor or the like detects the range position selected by the shift lever, and based on this detection signal, the operating device described below changes the state of a parking mechanism and a manual valve, which is one constituent element of a hydraulic control device for shift range changing (e.g., see Patent Literature 1).
  • the operating device includes a detent mechanism for positioning a spool of the manual value and a parking rod of the parking mechanism by pushing/pulling them in stages, an actuator for driving the detent mechanism, and an electronic control unit that controls the actuator.
  • the detent mechanism includes a detent plate that pushes/pulls the spool and the parking rod by being tilted by the actuator, and a detent spring that maintains the resting position of the detent plate.
  • a spindle that is coupled to an output shaft of the actuator is integrally attached to the detent plate at the center of tilt thereof, and the detent plate is provided with a wave part formed from a plurality of valleys that correspond to each rotation angle of the detent plate and mountains between the valleys.
  • a roller is provided on the free end side of the detent spring, as an engaging part that engages with any of the valleys of the wave part. Upon engaging the roller with a valley, the detent spring exerts elastic force on the detent plate so as to keep the engaged state.
  • the actuator includes an electric motor or the like, and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates the output of the electric motor, and transfers such output to the output shaft.
  • a deceleration mechanism that decelerates the output of the electric motor, and transfers such output to the output shaft.
  • such an actuator has play (backlash, assembly error, or the like) in the rotation direction between the rotor of the electric motor and the output shaft.
  • the detent plate is tilted by a predetermined angle, and in conjunction with this tilting of the detent plate, the parking rod of the parking apparatus is, for example, pushed to the back, thus putting the output shaft of the automatic transmission in a locked state in which rotation is not possible.
  • the detent plate is tilted by a predetermined angle, and in conjunction with this tilting of the detent plate, the parking rod is, for example, pulled forward, thus putting the output shaft of the automatic transmission in an unlocked state in which rotation is possible, and also, the spool of the manual value is displaced in the axial direction, thus engaging or freeing a frictional engaging element such as a clutch or a brake that is included in a transmission mechanism part of the automatic transmission, thereby establishing the requested range.
  • Patent Literature 1 discloses actually detecting the internal play of the actuator, and with consideration given to this detected internal play, setting the target rotation angle of the actuator for when changing the position of the detent plate. In this case, it is thought that it is possible to precisely perform control for changing the position of the detent plate since consideration is given to individual differences in internal play.
  • An object of the present invention is to enable precisely performing detent plate position changing in an operating device for a state-changing element such as a shift changing mechanism and a parking mechanism that are included in a vehicle.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a range changing device that includes the above-described operating device. Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a parking apparatus that includes the above-described operating device.
  • An operating device for a state-changing element is an operating device for a state-changing element whose state changes by being mechanically displaced, the operating device including a detent mechanism for displacing and positioning a displacement member included in the state-changing element, an actuator for driving the detent mechanism, and a control unit that controls the actuator, the detent mechanism including a detent member that displaces the displacement member by being tilted by the actuator, and a positioning member that maintains a resting position of the detent member, the actuator including an electric motor that generates rotational power, and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates the rotational power generated by the electric motor, and outputs the decelerated rotational power from an output shaft that is coupled coaxially with a spindle of the detent member and so as to be capable of integral rotation, and the control unit including an initial motion means that, in a case of receiving a request to change the state of the state-changing element and changing the position of the detent member, reduces play in the rotation direction that
  • the present invention basically, at the time of changing the position of the detent member, first the play in the rotation direction from after driving of the electric motor until the output shaft rotates is reduced, thus enabling drive force to be directly transmitted from the rotor of the electric motor to the output shaft, and thereafter consideration is given to the play of the coupling portion with respect to the subsequent target rotation angle of the electric motor, thus rotationally driving the detent member in a state in which the coupling play has been reduced.
  • the position of the detent member can be precisely changed to the target position in the state in which all of the play that exists in the power transmission pathway from the electric motor to the detent member has been absorbed.
  • troublesome control such as actually detecting play in the actuator and setting the target rotation angle with consideration given to this play such as in the conventional example is not performed, thereby enabling the simplification of control content, and along with this, suppressing or preventing an elevation in the cost of designing control programs and the like.
  • the present invention is an operating device for a state-changing element whose state changes by being mechanically displaced, the operating device including a detent mechanism for displacing and positioning a displacement member included in the state-changing element, an actuator for driving the detent mechanism, and a control unit that controls the actuator, the detent mechanism including a detent member that displaces the displacement member by being tilted by the actuator, and a positioning member that maintains a resting position of the detent member, the actuator including an electric motor that generates rotational power, and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates the rotational power generated by the electric motor, and outputs the decelerated rotational power from an output shaft that is coupled coaxially with a spindle of the detent member and so as to be capable of integral rotation, and the control unit including an initial motion means that, in a case of receiving a request to change the state of the state-changing element and changing the position of the detent member, reduces a total of play in the rotation direction from after driving of the electric motor
  • the position of the detent member can be precisely changed to the target position in the state in which the total of play in the rotation direction from after driving of the electric motor until the output shaft rotates and play in the rotation direction in the coupling part from the output shaft to the detent member has been absorbed.
  • troublesome control such as actually detecting internal play in the actuator and setting the target rotation angle with consideration given to this internal play such as in the conventional example is not performed, thereby enabling the simplification of control content, and along with this, suppressing or preventing an elevation in the cost of designing control programs and the like.
  • the management means determines, based on output from a rotor angle detection means that detects a rotation angle of a rotor of the electric motor, whether the detected rotation angle of the rotor has reached the target rotation angle, and stops the driving of the electric motor when it has been determined that the target rotation angle has been reached.
  • the detent member has a wave part formed from a plurality of valleys that correspond to each rotation angle of the detent member and a mountain between the valleys
  • the positioning member has an engaging part that is engaged with any of the valleys of the wave part on a free end side of the positioning member, and furthermore a spindle rotation angle necessary for a position change of the detent member is an angle from the bottom of a valley to the bottom of another valley of the detent member.
  • an exemplary configuration of the detent member and the positioning member is specified, and such specification clarifies that the detent member position changing is performed in stages according to the number of valleys. Also, a spindle rotation angle necessary for detent member position changing is defined, thus clarifying the content of when the target rotation angle of the electric motor is set.
  • the above-described state-changing element can be, for example, the range changing device for an automatic transmission, or a parking apparatus.
  • a range changing device for an automatic transmission includes: a shift operation means for selecting a shift range by being humanly operated; a range detection means that detects a position of a shift range that has been selected by the shift operation means; and an operating device for changing the state of a manual valve that is a constituent element of a hydraulic control device for shift range changing included in the automatic transmission, based on detection output from the range detection means, the operating device having the above-described configuration.
  • the operating device of the range changing device since the operating device of the range changing device has the above-described configuration, it is possible to, for example, precisely change the state of the manual valve, and improve operation stability.
  • a parking apparatus includes: a parking gear externally fixed to an output shaft of a transmission; a parking lock pole that has a claw able to be locked to the parking gear, and furthermore is displaced to a lock position at which rotation is made impossible by approaching the parking gear and causing the claw to be locked with the parking gear, and an unlock position at which rotation is made possible by separating from the parking gear and detaching the claw from the parking gear; a parking rod that is pushed/pulled so that the parking lock pole is displaced closer or farther with respect to the parking gear; and an operating device for pushing/pulling the parking rod, the operating device have the above-described configuration.
  • the operating device of the parking apparatus since the operating device of the parking apparatus has the above-described configuration, it is possible to, for example, precisely change the state of the parking gear, and improve operation stability.
  • the operating device for the state-changing element it is possible to, for example, position a detent member by precisely changing it to a target position with a relatively simple technique, and contribute to an improvement in operation stability.
  • the operating device included in the range changing device for the automatic transmission according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is possible to precisely change the state of the manual value.
  • the operating device included in the parking apparatus according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is possible to precisely change the state of the parking gear.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a range changing device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the range changing device in FIG. 1 , and shows a neutral range N.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view showing a cross section of a coupling portion between an output shaft of an actuator and a spindle of a detent plate in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing changes in the rotation angle of a rotor of an electric motor and the rotation angle of the output shaft in the process in which the detent plate shown in FIG. 2 is tilted one range-worth.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram for describing a condition when a roller of a detent spring is rising in the tilting process of the detent plate in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing a condition when a roller of a detent spring is descending in the tilting process of the detent plate in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart used in a description of operations in the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for describing a rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a parking apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a side view of the parking apparatus in FIG. 9 , and shows an unlocked state.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing a rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate in an operating device of the parking apparatus in FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart used in a description of operations in another embodiment of the range changing device according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of a range changing device for an automatic transmission that is a target for use of an operating device according to the present invention.
  • the following describes a schematic configuration of the range changing device with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .
  • a parking range P, a reverse range R, a neutral range N, a drive range D, and the like are established according to a shift range that has been selected by, for example, a shift lever 1 as a shift operation means disposed in the vicinity of a vehicle driver seat.
  • a range changing device 10 of this embodiment is a so-called by-wire system, and has a configuration mainly including a manual valve 20 for range changing in the automatic transmission, a parking apparatus 30 , and an operating device 40 .
  • the manual valve 20 is one of the constituent elements of a hydraulic control device that controls engaging operations of various types of brakes and clutches included in a transmission mechanism part of the automatic transmission that is not shown.
  • the hydraulic control device includes a plurality of linear solenoid valves that control engaging operations of the various types of brakes and clutches, and when the shift lever 1 has been operated, the manual valve 20 is operated and a hydraulic oil supply pathway with respect to the linear solenoid valves is changed, thus establishing a range corresponding to the operation.
  • the manual valve 20 is in a form called a spool valve, which is generally known, and has a configuration mainly including a valve body 21 and a spool 22 .
  • the valve body 21 is fixed at an appropriate place in the automatic transmission case, and has an appropriate feeding port and discharge port.
  • the spool 22 is stored in the valve body 21 so as to be able to be displaced in the axial direction.
  • the parking apparatus 30 changes an output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission to a locked state in which rotation is not possible or an unlocked state in which rotation is possible, and has a configuration mainly including a parking gear 31 , a parking lock pole 32 , and a parking rod 33 .
  • the parking gear 31 is externally fixed to the output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission so as to be capable of integral rotation.
  • the parking lock pole 32 is disposed in the vicinity of the parking gear 31 so as to be freely tiltable with the fulcrum at one end side.
  • a claw 32 a that can be inserted in or removed from between teeth of the parking gear 31 is provided partway in the lengthwise direction of the parking lock pole 32 .
  • the parking lock pole 32 is constantly biased in a direction of being pulled away from the parking gear 31 , by a spring that has been omitted from the drawings.
  • the parking rod 33 is disposed so as to be displaced forwards or backwards substantially parallel with the output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission.
  • the front end of the parking rod 33 is coupled with a detent plate 51 of the operating device 40 described below, and is pushed/pulled by a tilting operation of this detent plate 51 .
  • a taper cone 37 for tilting the parking lock pole 32 is provided at the rear end of the parking rod 33 .
  • the taper cone 37 is pushed to the parking gear 31 side by a coil spring 38 .
  • the coil spring 38 is provided on the exterior of the parking rod 33 , and one end is retained by a retaining ring 39 that is fixed and locked to the parking rod 33 .
  • the operating device 40 operates the manual valve 20 and the parking apparatus 30 in order to establish the shift range (P, R, N, D) selected by the shift lever 1 , and has a configuration mainly including a detent mechanism 50 , an actuator 60 , and an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) 5 .
  • the detent mechanism 50 positions the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 and the parking rod 33 of the parking apparatus 30 by pushing/pulling them in stages.
  • the actuator 60 drives the detent mechanism 50 .
  • the ECU 5 controls the actuator 60 .
  • the detent mechanism 50 has a configuration including the detent plate 51 , a spindle 52 , and a detent spring 53 .
  • the detent plate 51 pushes/pulls the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 and the parking rod 33 of the parking apparatus 30 by being tilted by the actuator 60 .
  • the outer configuration of the detent plate 51 has been formed into a fan shape, and in an area that is the center of tilt thereof, the spindle 52 that is separate from the detent plate 51 is fixed in a state of penetrating the detent plate 51 and so as to be capable of integral rotation.
  • the coupling between the detent plate 51 and the spindle 52 is a form in which, for example, a cylindrical boss part (e.g., see FIG. 3 ) is provided at a tilt fulcrum portion of the detent plate 51 , the spindle 52 is fitted into the borehole of this cylindrical boss part, and a spring pin or the like (omitted from the drawings) is driven in, but another form is also possible.
  • a cylindrical boss part e.g., see FIG. 3
  • the detent plate 51 rotates (or tilts) integrally with this.
  • the detent plate 51 and the spindle 52 may be formed integrally.
  • An output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 is coupled to one axial direction end of the spindle 52 coaxially and so as to be capable of integral rotation, and although not shown, the other axial direction end of the spindle 52 is rotatably supported by an automatic transmission case 3 or the like.
  • This coupling between the spindle 52 of the detent plate 51 and the output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 is, for example, spline fitting.
  • male splines (not indicated by reference numerals) are provided on the outer circumference on one end side of the spindle 52
  • female splines (not indicated by reference numerals) are provided on the inner circumferential face of a horizontal hole portion on the inner diameter side of the output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 . Accordingly, when the spindle 52 is rotationally driven by the actuator 60 by a predetermined angle in a forward or reverse direction, the detent plate 51 is tilted.
  • the front end of the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 is coupled to a predetermined position on the detent plate 51
  • the front end of the parking rod 33 of the parking apparatus 30 is coupled to a predetermined position on the detent plate 51 . Accordingly, when the detent plate 51 is tilted, the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 is caused to be displaced in the axial direction, and the parking rod 33 is caused to become displaced in the axial direction.
  • a pin 58 attached to a predetermined position on the detent plate 51 parallel with the spindle 52 is mounted between two disks provided on an outer end portion of the spool 22 .
  • a curved tip part of the parking rod 33 is inserted into a through-hole 59 provided in the detent plate 51 on one end side in the lengthwise direction, and then a snap ring, retaining pin, or the like that has been omitted from the drawings is attached to the curved tip part, or the curved tip part is retained and fixed by causing the curved tip part to undergo plastic deformation.
  • the detent plate 51 is tilted in, for example, four stages corresponding to shift ranges (e.g., the parking range P, the reverse range R, the neutral range N, and the drive range D) that are selected by the shift lever 1 , and causes the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 to be displaced in four stages in the axial direction, according to the tilted position of the detent plate 51 .
  • shift ranges e.g., the parking range P, the reverse range R, the neutral range N, and the drive range D
  • a wave part 54 is provided on the top end side of the detent plate 51 .
  • Reference numeral 55 denotes a mountain portion of the wave part 54
  • reference numeral 56 denotes a valley portion thereof.
  • the shape of the valleys 56 of the wave part 54 in this embodiment is bilaterally symmetrical, with the bottom as the center, as with a sine curve, but this shape is arbitrary.
  • the number of valleys 56 (four) that the wave part 54 has corresponds to the four stages of shift ranges (the parking range P, the reverse range R, the neutral range N, and the drive range D) of the shift lever 1 . Also, as shown in FIG. 2 , the marks “P, R, N, D” are marked on the detent plate 51 in the vicinity of the four valleys 56 .
  • the detent spring 53 individually positions the four stages of tilted positions of the detent plate 51 and maintains such positions, and therefore is formed from a belt-shaped plate spring that is flexible, and has a configuration in which a two-pronged portion at the tip thereof rotatably supports a roller 57 .
  • roller 57 has a hollow shape, a spindle is inserted in the center hole thereof, and the two ends of this spindle in the axial direction are fixed to the two-pronged portion of the detent spring 53 .
  • the roller 57 is engaged with any of the valleys 56 in the wave part 54 of the detent plate 51 , and is disposed such that, in such state, the detent spring 53 is itself somewhat elastically deformed and in a warped position, thus acting so as to press the roller 57 onto the bottom of the valley 56 due to the elastic restoring force of the detent spring 53 , thereby reinforcing the engaged state.
  • the detent spring 53 can be disposed such that in the state in which the roller 57 of the detent spring 53 is engaged with the valley 56 , the detent spring 53 itself is in a substantially straight natural position.
  • the actuator 60 has a configuration in which an electric motor 61 as a rotative power generation part, a deceleration mechanism 62 , and an output shaft 63 are stored in a case 64 .
  • Attachment pieces 65 are provided at several circumferential places on the outer diameter side of the case 64 , and the actuator 60 is attached by fixing such attachment pieces 65 to the automatic transmission case 3 (shown only in FIG. 3 ) with use of bolts.
  • the deceleration mechanism 62 is any of, for example, a mechanism using a cycloid gear, a gear mechanism in which a plurality of gears are combined, and a planetary gear mechanism.
  • An input member (omitted from the drawings) of this deceleration mechanism 62 is coupled to the rotor (omitted from the drawings) of the electric motor 61 , and the output shaft 63 is provided integrally with an output member (omitted from the drawings) of the deceleration mechanism 62 .
  • a tube-shaped boss part 66 for exposing the end part of the output shaft 63 to the exterior is provided in a predetermined area of the case 64 .
  • the output shaft 63 is out of contact with the tube-shaped boss part 66 , and is freely rotatable.
  • the output shaft 63 is exposed to the exterior from the opening of the tube-shaped boss part 66 .
  • a rotor angle detection means 6 for detecting the rotation angle of the rotor of the electric motor 61 , and an output angle detection means 7 for detecting the rotation angle of the output shaft 63 are provided in the case 64 .
  • rotor angle detection means 6 and the output angle detection means 7 have conventionally known configurations (e.g., see Patent Literature 1), and therefore detailed drawings and a detailed description have been omitted, and such means will be described briefly.
  • the rotor angle detection means 6 is configured by magnets disposed on the outer circumference of the rotor, or magnetic poles magnetized so as to have alternating opposite polarities on the outer circumference of the rotor, and a Hall IC for magnetism detection, and is, for example, a digital encoder that outputs a number of pulses according to the rotation amount of the rotor.
  • the output angle detection means 7 is configured by magnets that are disposed in a predetermined rotation angle range on the outer face side of the output shaft 63 , and whose cross-sectional area gradually increases toward one direction in the circumferential direction, and a linear output Hall IC, and is an analog magnetism sensor that detects the magnetic force of the magnets according to the rotation angle of the output shaft 63 , and outputs linear analog signals according to the detected magnetic force.
  • detection means 6 and 7 can have an appropriate configuration other than the above-described configurations.
  • the range position sensor 4 detects which of the range positions has been selected.
  • the ECU 5 recognizes the selected range position based on detection output from the range position sensor 4 , and the ECU 5 drives the output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 so as to rotate in a forward direction or in a reverse direction, and appropriately rotates (tilts) the spindle 52 and the detent plate 51 .
  • the detent spring 53 once elastically deforms due to passing over a mountain 55 of the wave part 54 of the detent plate 51 , the roller 57 engages with the next valley 56 in the wave part 54 , and the detent plate 51 is positioned and maintained by the detent spring 53 .
  • the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 slides in the axial direction, and the manual valve 20 changes to the selected range position among “P”, “R”, “N”, and “D”. Accordingly, the hydraulic control device that is not shown is appropriately driven, and an appropriate transmission stage in the automatic transmission is established.
  • the manual valve 20 is switched to the “P” position, the parking rod 33 of the parking apparatus 30 is caused to slide in the axial direction, and the claw 32 a of the parking lock pole 32 is caused to engage with the parking gear 31 . Accordingly, the output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission is put into the locked state in which rotation is not possible.
  • the ECU 5 drives the actuator 60 , thus rotating the spindle 52 by a target angle in the inverse rotation direction, the detent plate 51 is thereby tilted in the same direction as the previously described direction, along with this, the parking rod 33 and the taper cone 37 are caused to slide axially in the opposite direction from the previously described direction, and the upward pushing force of the parking lock pole 32 generated by the taper cone 37 is canceled.
  • the parking lock pole 32 descends downward, and the claw 32 a becomes free from between the teeth of the parking gear 31 , and therefore the output shaft 2 is put into the unlocked state in which rotation is possible.
  • the spool 22 of the manual valve 20 is displaced to a target position, thus creating an appropriate hydraulic oil supply pathway in the hydraulic control device.
  • the internal play of the actuator 60 is reduced, thus bringing about a state in which drive force can be directly transmitted from the rotor of the electric motor 61 to the output shaft 63 , and thereafter the subsequent target rotation angle of the electric motor 61 is set with consideration given to the play of the coupling portion between the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 , thus rotationally driving the spindle 52 in a state in which the coupling play has been reduced.
  • the position of the detent plate 51 is changed after reducing all of the play that exists in the power transmission pathway from the electric motor 61 to the detent plate 51 .
  • the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is processing performed by the ECU 5 , and is started when, for example, any of the parking range (P), the reverse range (R), the neutral range (N), the drive range (D), and the like has been selected according to a selection operation performed by the driver with use of the shift lever 1 , and furthermore a request for the range position change has been recognized based on a signal output from the range position sensor 4 .
  • step S 1 the electric motor 61 of the actuator 60 is driven in a forward rotation or inverse rotation direction in order to change the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the range position that was recognized based on the output signal from the range position sensor 4 .
  • the target rotation angle of the electric motor 61 is not set.
  • step S 2 a determination is made as to whether the internal play of the actuator 60 has been reduced.
  • the period from when the electric motor 61 is driven until when the output shaft 63 rotates in step S 1 is the period in which the internal play is being reduced, and when the output shaft 63 starts rotating, the internal play has been reduced, and drive force is being directly transmitted from the electric motor 61 to the output shaft 63 .
  • the judgment regarding reduction of the internal play is an examination as to whether, after the start of rotation of the rotor of the electric motor 61 has been detected based on a detection signal from the rotor angle detection means 6 , the start of rotation of the output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 has been detected based on a detection signal from the output angle detection means 7 .
  • the period necessary for reducing the internal play is from time t 1 when the start of rotation of the rotor has been detected based on the output from the rotor angle detection means 6 , until time t 2 when the start of rotation of the output shaft 63 has been detected based on the output from the output angle detection means 7 .
  • ⁇ 1 is the rotation angle necessary for reducing the internal play.
  • step S 2 a negative determination is made in step S 2 if the reduction of the internal play of the actuator 60 has not been completed, whereafter processing waits until the reduction of the internal play has been completed, an affirmative determination is made in step S 2 when the reduction of the internal play has been completed, and processing moves to the next step S 3 .
  • step S 3 a target rotation angle On (see FIG. 4 ) of the rotor of the electric motor 61 is set, and driving (electrification) of the electric motor 61 is continued.
  • This target rotation angle ⁇ n is set to, for example, a value obtained by multiplying a rotation angle ⁇ 2 corresponding to an average value of play in the rotation direction that exists in the coupling portion between the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 by 1 ⁇ 2, and tacking on the result to the rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the shift range change request (see ⁇ R, ⁇ N, and ⁇ D in FIG. 8 ).
  • This tacked on value is assumed to be stored in the ECU 5 in advance as a fixed value.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to tack on, for example, 1 ⁇ 2 the design maximum value of the coupling play, or tack on a value obtained by multiplication by an arbitrary value other than 1 ⁇ 2.
  • the following describes the superiority of the case in which the tacked on value is 1 ⁇ 2 the rotation angle ⁇ 2 corresponding to the average value of the coupling play.
  • the coupling play is individually different due to manufacturing tolerance and the like, and there is difference between the maximum value and minimum value of the manufacturing tolerance.
  • the actual measured value of the coupling play is the maximum value of the manufacturing tolerance or the minimum value of the manufacturing tolerance
  • the tacked on value is 1 ⁇ 2 the rotation angle ⁇ 2 corresponding to each individual average value of coupling play, it can be said that error with respect to individual difference is smaller.
  • step S 4 a determination is made as to whether the output (detected rotation angle) from the rotor angle detection means 6 has reached the target rotation angle ⁇ n.
  • step S 4 a negative determination is made in step S 4 before the detected rotation angle reaches the target rotation angle ⁇ n, and continues to be made until such angle has been reached, and when such angle has been reached, an affirmative determination is made in step S 4 , and processing moves to the next step S 5 .
  • step S 5 the driving (electrification) of the electric motor is stopped, and the processing of this flowchart ends.
  • the initial motion means described in claim 1 corresponds to step S 1
  • the management means described in claim 1 corresponds to steps S 2 to S 5 .
  • drive force is not transmitted from the electric motor 61 to the spindle 52 in the period up to when the total play (see a in FIGS. 5 and 6 ) obtained by adding the coupling play to the internal play of the actuator 60 has been reduced (see the period from times t 1 to t 2 in FIG. 4 ).
  • the rotor of the electric motor 61 reaches the target rotation angle and the driving of the electric motor 61 stops, and when the roller 57 has reached the bottom of the valley 56 that is the target, the rotor of the electric motor 61 catches up to the rotation of the output shaft 63 , and the amount of play generated by the self-propulsion is reduced.
  • roller 57 does not actually roll, since the relative positions of the roller 57 and the detent plate 51 change, the expression that the roller 57 rolls is used in the above description, thus making the description easy to understand.
  • the parking apparatus 30 of this embodiment basically has a configuration in which the manual valve 20 for range changing in the automatic transmission in the above-described range changing device 10 has been excluded, and the number of valleys 56 of the wave part 54 for positioning that is provided in the detent plate 51 has been reduced to two.
  • the main configuration of the parking apparatus 30 is the same as described above, and the parking apparatus 30 has a configuration including the parking gear 31 , the parking lock pole 32 , the parking rod 33 , and the operating device 40 (the detent mechanism 50 , the actuator 60 , and the ECU 5 ).
  • the operating device 40 of the parking apparatus 30 is electrically controlled by the ECU 5 in response to an operation performed on a parking operation member 8 such as a parking button.
  • the wave part 54 of the detent plate 51 is provided with two valleys, namely a lock valley 56 a and an unlock (parking cancellation) valley 56 b , and one mountain 55 exists between these valleys 56 a and 56 b .
  • the base end side of the detent spring 53 is attached to a fixing portion such as the automatic transmission case 3 .
  • a parking lock signal is input from the parking operation member 8 to the ECU 5 .
  • the ECU 5 drives the actuator 60 in response to the input of the parking lock signal, thus rotating the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 by a predetermined angle in the lock direction, which is, for example, the forward rotation direction.
  • the detent plate 51 is tilted integrally with the spindle 52 in the same direction as previously described, and along with this, the parking rod 33 is pushed toward the rear end side. Then, the large diameter side of the taper cone 37 pushes the parking lock pole 32 upward, and the claw 32 a thereof is inserted between the teeth of the parking gear 31 . Accordingly, the output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission is put into the locked state in which rotation is not possible.
  • a parking cancellation signal is input from the parking operation member 8 to the ECU 5 .
  • the ECU 5 drives the actuator 60 in response to the input of the parking cancellation signal, thus rotating the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 by a predetermined angle in the unlock direction, which is, for example, the reverse rotation direction.
  • the detent plate 51 is tilted integrally with the spindle 52 in the same direction as described above, along with this, the parking rod 33 and the taper cone 37 are pulled toward the front end side, and the upward pushing force of the parking lock pole 32 due to the taper cone 37 is canceled, and therefore the parking lock pole 32 descends downward, and the claw 32 a thereof becomes free from between the teeth of the parking gear 31 . Accordingly, the output shaft 2 of the automatic transmission is put into the unlocked state in which rotation is possible.
  • the position of the detent plate 51 is changed by performing control likewise to that of the operating device 40 of the above-described range changing device 10 .
  • processing in the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 can basically be used for control regarding state changing in the operating device 40 of the parking apparatus 30 as well.
  • descriptions that are redundant with the above embodiment have been omitted, and only differing matter will be described in detail.
  • the range changing device 10 and the parking apparatus 30 described in the above embodiments are used incorporated in a front-engine rear-drive (FR), front-engine front-drive (FF), or other type of automatic transmission.
  • the automatic transmission is not limited to a stepped system or a stepless system.
  • there is no limitation to an automatic transmission and incorporation in a manual transmission that does not employ a torque converter is also possible.
  • the shape of the wave part 54 of the detent plate 51 is a sine curve in the above embodiments in order to simply the description, there are no particular limitations on such shape. Although not show, the present invention is applicable even in the case in which, for example, the shape of the valleys is not bilaterally symmetrical, with the bottom being the center.
  • the form is adopted in which, in the case of changing the position of the detent plate 51 , first the internal play of the actuator 60 is reduced, and thereafter the target rotation angle of the electric motor 61 is appropriately set.
  • a form is possible in which, in the case of changing the position of the detent plate 51 , first the target rotation angle of the electric motor 61 is set, the driving of the electric motor 61 is started, and then after the reduction of the internal play has ended, the target rotation angle is corrected.
  • the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 is processing performed by the ECU 5 , and is started when, for example, any of the parking range (P), the reverse range (R), the neutral range (N), the drive range (D), and the like has been selected along with a selection operation performed by the driver on the shift lever 1 , and furthermore a request for the range position change has been recognized based on a signal output from the range position sensor 4 .
  • step S 11 the target rotation angle of the rotor of the electric motor 61 is set and the electric motor 61 is driven (electrified) in order to change the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the range position recognized based on the output signal from the range position sensor 4 .
  • This target rotation angle is set to, for example, a value obtained by multiplying a rotation angle ⁇ 2 corresponding to an average value of play in the rotation direction that exists in the coupling portion between the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 by 1 ⁇ 2, and tacking on the result to the rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the shift range change request (see ⁇ R, ⁇ N, and ⁇ D in FIG. 8 ).
  • This tacked on value is assumed to be stored in the ECU 5 in advance as a fixed value.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to tack on, for example, 1 ⁇ 2 the design maximum value of the coupling play, or tack on a value obtained by multiplication by an arbitrary value other than 1 ⁇ 2.
  • the coupling play is individually different due to manufacturing tolerance and the like, and there is difference between the maximum value and minimum value of the manufacturing tolerance.
  • the actual measured value of the coupling play is the maximum value of the manufacturing tolerance or the minimum value of the manufacturing tolerance
  • the tacked on value is 1 ⁇ 2 the rotation angle ⁇ 2 corresponding to each individual average value of coupling play, it can be said that error with respect to individual difference is smaller.
  • step S 12 a determination is made as to whether the internal play of the actuator 60 has been reduced.
  • the period from when the electric motor 61 is driven until when the output shaft 63 rotates in step S 11 is the period in which the internal play is being reduced, and when the output shaft 63 starts rotating, the internal play has been reduced, and drive force is being directly transmitted from the electric motor 61 to the output shaft 63 .
  • the judgment regarding reduction of the internal play is an examination as to whether, after the start of rotation of the rotor of the electric motor 61 has been detected based on a detection signal from the rotor angle detection means 6 , the start of rotation of the output shaft 63 of the actuator 60 has been detected based on a detection signal from the output angle detection means 7 .
  • ⁇ 1 is the rotation angle necessary for reducing the internal play.
  • step S 12 a negative determination is made in step S 12 if the reduction of the internal play of the actuator 60 has not been completed, whereafter processing waits until the reduction of the internal play has been completed, an affirmative determination is made in step S 12 when the reduction of the internal play has been completed, and processing moves to the next step S 13 .
  • step S 13 the target rotation value set in step S 11 is corrected.
  • the correction is performed by tacking on the rotation angle ⁇ 1 necessary for reducing of the internal play to the target rotation angle set in step S 11 .
  • step S 14 a determination is made as to whether the output (detected rotation angle) from the rotor angle detection means 6 has reached the target rotation angle.
  • step S 14 a negative determination is made in step S 14 before the detected rotation angle reaches the target rotation angle, and continues to be made until such angle has been reached, and when such angle has been reached, an affirmative determination is made in step S 14 , and processing moves to the next step S 15 .
  • step S 15 the driving (electrification) of the electric motor is stopped, and the processing of this flowchart ends.
  • the position of the detent plate 51 can be precisely changed with relatively simple control content.
  • the rotor angle detection means 6 detects the rotation angle of the rotor of the electric motor 61
  • the detent angle detection means detects the rotation angle of the spindle 52 of the detent plate 51 , and the difference between such rotation angles is obtained, thereby enabling recognizing the total play in the power transmission pathway from the electric motor 61 to the detent plate 51 (the sum of the play existing within the actuator 60 and the play existing in the coupling portion between the output shaft 63 and the spindle 52 due to spline fitting).
  • FIGS. 1 to 8 can be applied to the operating device 40 employing such detent detection means. Such embodiments correspond to exemplary embodiments of claim 2 . Although the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 can be applied in this case, the meaning of the content described in some of the steps is different.
  • step S 2 of FIG. 7 it is sufficient to make a determination as to whether the total play has been reduced based on output from the detent angle detection means. Also, it is sufficient for the target rotation angle set in step S 3 of FIG. 7 to be, for example, only the rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the shift range change request (see ⁇ R, ⁇ N, and ⁇ D in FIG. 8 ).
  • the target rotation angle set in step S 11 of FIG. 12 it is sufficient for the target rotation angle set in step S 11 of FIG. 12 to be, for example, only the rotation angle necessary for changing the position of the detent plate 51 to the position corresponding to the shift range change request (see ⁇ R, ⁇ N, and ⁇ D in FIG. 8 ). Also, in step S 12 of FIG. 12 it is sufficient to make a determination as to whether the total play has been reduced based on output from the detent angle detection means. Furthermore, in step S 13 of FIG. 12 , it is sufficient to tack on the rotation angle necessary for reducing the total play to the target rotation angle.
  • the present invention enables, for example, precisely positioning a detent member by changing it to a target position with a relatively simple technique, and can contribute to an improvement in operation stability, and moreover is advantageous in terms of enabling the simplification of control content, and along with this, suppressing or preventing an elevation in the cost of designing control programs and the like.
  • the effects of the automatic transmission range changing device and parking apparatus according to the present invention are very useful.

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